o   Carpool to a local meeting, worship or event. (Save 20 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for each gallon of gasoline saved, plus money for gas.)

o  Ask your superintendent to encourage district school bus drivers’ participation in Maine’s anti-idling campaign — Doing My Share for Clean Air. (Diesel bus exhaust is toxic to humans and the environment.)

o  Check your tire pressure and keep properly inflated. (Save 250 pounds of CO2 emissions annually. Get better gas mileage as well.)

o   Investigate carpooling to work. (If you don’t know someone in your neighborhood to carpool, call RIDESHARE at 1-800-280-7433)

o  Call or visit your state legislators about Maine increasing the fuel efficiency of its car fleet. (Maine has a few hybrids but state agencies need more.)

o  Use public transportation. (Ride the train or bus to Boston, take a bus in a Maine city or area where it’s available.)

o  Spend an evening at home with your family without electronic entertainment/radio/television. (Board games and reading are energy-saving, fun activities that bring folks closer together- no transportation cost)

o  Piggy-back several errands together. (Remember you save energy, money and pollution with every gallon of gasoline saved.)

o  Don’t idle your car for more than 10 seconds. (It saves gas/money and cuts back on air pollution.)

o  Tune up your car. (Annual tune-up saves 900 pounds of CO2 emissions.)

o  Shop at farmers markets, join a community-supported agriculture farm, buy local foods year round.

(Reduce air pollution & support our local economy.)

o  Log onto www.ProtectingCreation.org. With one click tell Ford, GM, and Chrysler to make cleaner cars. (Advocacy is crucial!)

o  Call Governor Baldacci and ask him to model environmental stewardship by traveling for official business in a hybrid or low-emissions vehicle.

Complete one task each day and reward yourself by putting a quarter in a jar. After 31 days of saving energy, money & the environment, you will also save $7.75. With $7 you could purchase a compact fluorescent light bulb from the Maine Council of Churches. Install your new light bulb and you will save more energy & money! For more information, contact the Council at 207-772-1918.

o   Carpool to a local meeting, worship or event. (Save 20 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions for each gallon of gasoline saved, plus money for gas.)

o  Ask your superintendent to encourage district school bus drivers’ participation in Maine’s anti-idling campaign — Doing My Share for Clean Air. (Diesel bus exhaust is toxic to humans and the environment.)

o        Check your tire pressure and keep properly inflated. (Save 250 pounds of CO2 emissions annually. Get better gas mileage as well.)

o   Investigate carpooling to work. (If you don’t know someone in your neighborhood to carpool, call RIDESHARE at 1-800-280-7433)

o  Call or visit your state legislators about Maine increasing the fuel efficiency of its car fleet. (Maine has a few hybrids but state agencies need more.)

o  Use public transportation. (Ride the train or bus to Boston, take a bus in a Maine city or area where it’s available.)

o  Spend an evening at home with your family without electronic entertainment/radio/television. (Board games and reading are energy-saving, fun activities that bring folks closer together- no transportation cost)

o  Piggy-back several errands together. (Remember you save energy, money and pollution with every gallon of gasoline saved.)

o        Don’t idle your car for more than 10 seconds. (It saves gas/money  and cuts back on air pollution.)

o  Tune up your car. (Annual tune-up saves 900 pounds of CO2 emissions.)

o  Shop at farmers markets, join a community-supported agriculture farm, buy local foods year round.

(Reduce air pollution & support our local economy.)

o  Log onto www.ProtectingCreation.org. With one click tell Ford, GM, and Chrysler to make cleaner cars. (Advocacy is crucial!)

o  Call Governor Baldacci and ask him to model environmental stewardship by traveling for official business in a hybrid or low-emissions vehicle.

o  Choose to buy a Maine-made product rather than one made out-of-state. (Save transportation energy & support our local economy)

o  Eat a vegetarian lunch or dinner. (The Union of Concerned Scientists reports meat production and factory farming seriously pollute our environment.)

o  Turn off lights whenever you leave a room. (Save 120 pounds of CO2 emissions annually per room if you do this faithfully.)

o   Request removal from the mailing list of a catalogue company you don’t support (Wasteful paper is costly to the environment.)

o   Replace business travel with telephone or video conferencing. (Saves 880 pounds of CO2 emissions when used in lieu of 500 miles of one-time air travel.)

o        Read materials on energy conservation and climate change.

o  Use a push mower rather than a power mower. (Save 80 pounds of CO2  emissions annually.)

o  Visit the EPA Climate Change website at

http:// www.epa.gov/globalwarming.

o  Make hot water go further. Install low-flow showerhead or take a shorter shower (lather up with the water off). Save CO2 emissions of 920 pounds (electric); 560 pounds(oil); 400 pounds(gas).

o  Turn off computer/office equipment at night. (Computer & monitor can  each use 200 watts/hour)

o   Recycle a newspaper. (Save 50 pounds of CO2 emissions with daily recycling.)

o  Turn down your heat by one degree in daytime. (Save CO2 emissions of 410 pounds(electric);250 pounds(oil); 180 pounds(gas).)

o  Send a letter to Maine’s Congressional delegation asking them to continue their leadership on progressive energy policy legislation.

o        Run full dishwasher and let dishes air dry. Save CO2 emissions of 200 pounds annually.

o  Take the stairs instead of the elevator.

o  Buy copy paper produced from post-consumer waste without chlorine compounds.

o  Sign up to purchase “green” electricity products through Maine Interfaith Power & Light.

o   Purchase a compact fluorescent light bulb. If every US household replaced 4 incandescent bulbs with 4 CFL’s, 30 new power plants would not be needed.

Call Maine Interfaith Climate Change at 882-6848.

o  Choose to buy a Maine-made product rather than one made out-of-state. (Save transportation energy & support our local economy)

o  Eat a vegetarian lunch or dinner. (The Union of Concerned Scientists reports meat production and factory farming seriously pollute our environment.)

o  Turn off lights whenever you leave a room. (Save 120 pounds of CO2 emissions annually per room if you do this faithfully.)

o   Request removal from the mailing list of a catalogue company you don’t support (Wasteful paper is costly to the environment.)

o   Replace business travel with telephone or video conferencing. (Saves 880 pounds of CO2 emissions when used in lieu of 500 miles of one-time air travel.)

o        Read materials on energy conservation and climate change.

o  Use a push mower rather than a power mower. (Save 80 pounds of CO2  emissions annually.)

o  Visit the EPA Climate Change website at

http:// www.epa.gov/globalwarming.

o  Make hot water go further. Install low-flow showerhead or take a shorter shower (lather up with the water off). Save CO2 emissions of 920 pounds (electric); 560 pounds(oil); 400 pounds(gas).

o  Turn off computer/office equipment at night. (Computer & monitor can  each use 200 watts/hour)

o   Recycle a newspaper. (Save 50 pounds of CO2 emissions with daily recycling.)

o  Turn down your heat by one degree in daytime. (Save CO2 emissions of 410 pounds(electric);250 pounds(oil); 180 pounds(gas).)

o  Send a letter to Maine’s Congressional delegation asking them to continue their leadership on progressive energy policy legislation.

o        Run full dishwasher and let dishes air dry. Save CO2 emissions of 200 pounds annually.

o  Take the stairs instead of the elevator.

o  Buy copy paper produced from post-consumer waste without chlorine compounds.

o  Sign up to purchase “green” electricity products through Maine Interfaith Power & Light.

o   Purchase a compact fluorescent light bulb. If every US household replaced 4 incandescent bulbs with 4 CFL’s, 30 new power plants would not be needed.

Call Maine Interfaith Climate Change at 882-6848.